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Material related to the Brandeis University Program of Labor in China: list of Board of Advisors; notice of board meeting, October 30, 1985; workshop agenda; draft report of trip to China, “A Social Revolution: Labor and Welfare Reform in China,” by Leonard J. Hausman; memo from Hausman re trip, June 17, 1985; import growth rate from People’s Republic of China from 1983 to 1987; book excerpt, “Trade-Linked Labor Standards,” by Ray Marshall, c. 1990

Scope and Contents See also ILGWU Local 23-25 “Growth and Development of the Chinatown Garment Industry,” by Jay Mazur, n.d.; Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) Chinatown Garment Industry Bulletin re new capital equipment loan program for contractors, in English and Chinese, January 1986, with attached brochures, one in English, one in Chinese, “Help for the Chinatown Garment Industry”; letter to Mazur from the Chinese American Medical Society re managed care, December 20, 1993; memo to Mazur from...

Scope and Contents See also Speeches – Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown) 1998; see also Speeches – Chinatown Day Care Center 1989; see also Speeches – Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening 1993 Copy of check for $250 contribution to fundraising dinner for Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown, with cover letter from president of Cornish Knitgoods Manufacturing Corp., Brooklyn, February 12, 1988; list of contributors and amounts, March 12, 1986; list of locals and contributions to...

Scope and Contents See also Speeches – Child Care (Garment Industry Day Care Center, Chinatown) 1998; see also Speeches – Chung Pak Day Care Center Opening 1993 Proposal for a Day Care Center in the Chung Pak Project, under construction as a mixed-use facility, also housing a health center and subsidized senior housing, n.d.; remarks by Mazur at press conference kicking off fundraising campaign for day care center, September 26, 1991; outline of background re center; memo from architects re center, March 29,...

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See also Speeches – Union Health Center 1998 and 1999; see also Chinatown 1988-1994 Letter to Mazur thanking him for fundraising effort, May 19, 1989

Scope and Contents See also Coalition against Anti-Asian Violence 1988 Project proposals: “New Chinese Apparel Marketplace 1989: A New Beginning for the Chinese Apparel Industry,” in English and Chinese; “Metropolitan Fashion Center of Greater New York: A Project for the Apparel Industry for the 1990s: A Brief Description – Background and Economic Benefits,” June 1989; newsletter of the Garment Industry Development Corporation, GIDC News, with cover story, “GIDC Sets Up Training Program for New Brooklyn...

Scope and Contents See also Speeches – Dubrow, Evelyn 1989 Letter to Mazur from Citizen Action vice president and political director inviting him to dinner honoring ILGWU legislative director Evelyn Dubrow with Lifetime Achievement Award, March 15,1993; invitations and related materials for dinner honoring William Winpisinger, held January 27, 1988; list of quotes by leading public figures about Citizen Action; newsletter, Citizen Action News, year-end 1987; 1986 Election Report, with state-by-state analysis;...

Scope and Contents Letter from Local 30, Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) describing two-year-old impasse with medical center, fundraising boycott, January 17, 1989; letter from City of Hope CEO giving management’s account of situation, October 11, 1988; letter from Mazur to City of Hope CEO, urging resolution of dispute, October 7, 1988; letter to Mazur from City of Hope thanking him for contribution, June 16, 1987; letters to AFL-CIO officials from City of Hope CEO warning that...

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Article from the National Journal, March 2, 1991, discussing conflict between blacks (Leadership Conference on Civil Rights), Hispanics (National Council of La Raza), and the AFL-CIO over employer sanctions in hiring illegal immigrants and how the issue was emblematic of divisions in a civil rights movement including minorities beyond African Americans

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Article from Women’s Wear Daily discussing bill to put discrimination based on sex, religion, or national origin on the same footin race-based discrimination, quiet opposition by retailers, July 31, 1990